By Karl King
July 3 2005

Spaniard Fernando Alonso brought his Renault home to take his fifth win of the 2005 season with an eleven second lead from Flying-Finn Kimi Raikkonen. The McLaren driver drove a superb race after starting from a penalised thirteenth position.

German Michael Schumacher lead Jenson Button to the flag to take the final podium slot. The champion was speculated to be losing grip in the final part of the race, leaving hope for Brit Jenson Button who clinches the first points of 2005 that he will be allowed to keep, however the BAR driver could not find the pace in his 007 to catch Schumacher.

Jarno Trulli was lapped by the race leader, a best friend whom he lined up next to on the grid. The Italian did not show initial pace, leaving Alonso to open a massive gap from the rest of the field in the early stages. Trulli completed the race with supreme reliability following the disappointment of Canada, scoring 4 points.

The points, helped by the no-score of the number 2 Ferrari allows Trulli to jump Rubens Barrichello in the Drivers Championship who is now in fifth following an 8 point haul from the Indianapolis farce. Trulli is 2 points ahead of the Brazilian with 31 points.

Fisichella drove a fine race, managing sixth from the day after being hampered by a fuel rig problem in one of his pit stops, and also stalling losing his fourth place to Jenson Button. Giancarlo was followed home by Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher, who qualified out of the top-ten. The younger Schumacher managed to cross the line within 20 seconds of his team mate despite starting 10 places behind the Italian. 

Jacques Villeneuve rounded up the points paying position, bringing home a point for Swiss outfit Sauber, holding off from late pressure from Barrichello and Coulthard. Takuma Sato finished in eleventh after running strongly in the middle stages.

The Williams' which have seen around 100 new parts since it's first debut managed a lowly twelfth and fourteenth headed by Aussie Mark Webber.